A couple months passed, and September rolled around. Alice and Jasper stayed out of towns for the first month and a half, except when Alice insisted they go in for a quick shopping trip occasionally. Finally, they got back to living in hotels day to day.
They had been staying together for eight months, and were finally moving into the apartment they had been talking about. "I'm so excited!" Alice cried as she carried a box into the living room, as Jasper followed behind with two in his arms, all the things that they had.
Jasper shook his head in amusement. "You're so lovely when your excited and happy." He murmured, and Alice just grinned even more as she grabbed his hand, leading him into their bedroom. Alice set her box down and immediately began taking all of her clothes out and hanging them in the closet that was now all her own, except for a small square that was Jasper's.
The couple didn't have much. Two boxes were of Alice's clothes, and the last one was the few books they owned and a chess set and a few odds and ends. They both loved to play chess, but since Alice always cheated, they hardly ever did. Still, they kept the chess set around anyway. "Oh! Jasper, don't forget to get the radio!" Alice exclaimed, and Jasper nodded.
"Don't worry Alice, I'll go get it now." Jasper head downstairs again, and when he got out front, he found a group of men hanging around the building. They all nodded toward him as he came out, and, biting back the venom that pooled in his mouth, he nodded back too.
"You new here?" One man called, and Jasper nodded.
"You talk?" A second yelled.
Jasper nodded again before deciding to risk opening his mouth to speak. "Hello, my name is Jasper Whitlock, I've just moved in to the apartment on the third floor."
One man, the only one braver enough, obviously, headed over to where Jasper was standing with the radio. "You gonna need some help with that, Jasper?" He asked.
Knowing how strange it would look if he carried it up all by himself, Jasper said. "Well sir, if you wouldn't mind, I'd appreciate it."
"Sure. Name's John, by the way." He helped Jasper start to lift it, grunting with the effort as the started to carry it up the stairs. Jasper took most of the weight off the other man, without him knowing, the less strain, the less blood, and therefore, the better. As they got to the third story, Jasper led John through the open door.
"Alice, I'm back, where do you want the radio?" He called loudly, only for the sake of the human.
"Could you put it by the fireplace?" She called to him, her tinkling voice coming from the bedroom, where she was undoubtedly still messing around with her clothes and fussing over where they would be placed.
"Hm. Seems like most of their furniture is still here. The last family, I mean."
"Yes," Jasper agreed. "They left most of it here, which I have to admit it was a bit of a relief. We didn't have much furniture beforehand ourselves."
"You from down south, by any chance?" John asked, and Jasper looked at him in surprise.
"Texas, actually. Are you?"
"Louisiana originally, but we moved to Mississippi when I was five." John explained.
"Well John, it was a pleasure meeting you. I hope you don't mind, but we have a bit of a job ahead of us..." Jasper lied smoothly.
"Alright, well if you need any help, just give me a holler, I live one floor down, apartment 2c." He waved to Jasper as he headed down the hall, and Jasper smiled in return.
As soon as he was down the stairs, Alice came out of the other room. "I'm very proud of you, Jasper."
"I didn't even think of him as food." Jasper told her. "I think I'm getting better. Still, I'm going to go hunting tonight. Dinner, yum." He joked, and Alice smiled.
"I think that radio should be moved a bit, don't you? Perhaps we should angle it or something..." Jasper chuckled, and they spent the rest of the afternoon with Alice directing where the radio should be placed permanently. As evening came, Alice settled down on the couch and watched Jasper as he set his few belongings on the desk that had been left. His stack of six books, the chess set was put away, and he placed a cowboy hat on the top.
"A keepsake." He told her, grinning.
"What do you think of painting the room a lovely shade of green?" Alice murmured dreamily.
"I think you're getting a little too carried away." Jasper told her teasingly.
Alice sighed over-dramatically. "You never let me have my fun." She said to Jasper.
Jasper in turn just chuckled before picking her up and settling down on the couch with Alice snuggled up next to him. They spent half of the night like that, listening to radio shows and enjoying each other's presence until Jasper gently reminded Alice that he had to go hunting. Alice sighed but nodded, and Jasper quietly left to go "bag a deer" for Alice.
"Hello. My name is Clara, this is my daughter, Marilyn. You two are our new neighbors, correct?" Clara asked, smiling, but obviously weary, maybe because of her daughter, who was currently restless and tugging at the woman's skirt over and over.
"Hi, my name is Alice, and this is Jasper. Yes, we're new in town." Alice smiled, and motioned for Clara and her daughter to come in, but Clara declined.
"No thank you, we were just on our way to church, but I wanted to stop by and say hello before we left. My daughter and I live right next door."
Alice crouched down to where Marilyn was standing, partially hidden behind her mother's skirt. "Hello Marilyn, my name is Alice. It's nice to meet you."
Jasper meanwhile gave Clara a small smile and sent a wave of peace and happiness toward her, while sending calm to the little girl. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Clara."
"Likewise, uh, Jasper, was it?"
Jasper nodded, and Clara blushed, smiling sheepishly. Alice turned to watch how Jasper did. He hardly even reacted, except to freeze for a moment before nodding and smiling at what Clara had just said. She caught a glimpse of the clock behind them, and gasped. "Oh my, I didn't realize we had been running so late. Come along Marilyn, we have to go." She turned to Alice and Jasper. "I'm terribly sorry, but we're going to be late if we don't go now."
Alice waved her away. "Don't worry, we still have to unpack a bit more, anyway. Have a nice time. Bye! Bye Marilyn, I'll see you later!" Marilyn waved excitedly back at Jasper and Alice, and Clara laughed a little.
Jasper closed the door behind Alice and sighed. "You're wonderful with kids, you know that?"
She simply shrugged. "You just have to act like whatever their talking about is the most important thing in the world. It's pretty easy, actually."
"So what would you like to do today?"
"Well...I was thinking," She was cut off by someone knocking on the door, though.
Jasper scowled, but opened the door and controlled his facial expression to neutral. "Hello John, how are you?"
"Good, good. Me and the guys wanted to know if you wanted to go play some baseball at about one o'clock this afternoon?"
"It'll be sunny out." Alice told him at vampire speed, and Jasper pretended to sigh.
"No, I'm sorry, we still have to unpack a bit more. Besides, I don't think the others are very comfortable around me." Jasper grinned, showing his teeth.
"Aw, they just don't know you yet. They'd get used to you, but if you're sure you can't..."
"I'm sorry. I'll have to take a rain check."
John nodded. "Alright, well, I just wanted to check and see. How are you, Alice?" He then asked, seeing Alice behind Jasper.
She smiled brightly. "I'm wonderful John, thank you for asking." He nodded again, and couldn't help the blush that spread across his cheeks. "You'll have to come say hello to my wife and son sometime, both of you. He's turning three next month."
"We'll try to stop by soon." Alice promised.
"I guess I'd better get going then." He started heading down, and Alice and Jasper both called their goodbyes to him.
"Now." Jasper said as soon as the door was closed. "Where were we?"
Alice sighed. "We have to get curtains, Jasper, or else everybody is going to be seeing Sparkly!Alice and Jasper."
Jasper growled. "Fine. Is it cloudy right now?" Alice nodded and Jasper sighed. "Okay, let's go and get this done quick." He let go of Alice all except for her hand, which he continued to hold. "Are you all ready to go, or do you still need time to 'primp' yourself?"
"I'm good." she grabbed the key off the table and then led them both out of the apartment. They took their time walking down the stairs, before they entered the lobby. John was just leaving for church, and cars were heading both ways down the street. Jasper held Alice against himself as they walked down the street, heading for the one store that would sell curtains. "What color should we get? I was think black, or gold, or maybe even a dark, rich blue. What do you think?"
"How about the blue? The walls are yellow, so we don't want it to look like a bumblebee, and gold won't look too good with yellow walls."
"So, like a navy blue, then?"
"Perfect."
The store itself was small, but they found what they needed (Alice probably already knew that was where to go). They were heading back to their home when Alice stopped them in front of a small little hole in the wall of a music store. She smiled in delight before pulling Jasper through the door.
Alice quickly went to the records, while Jasper wandered around the store. Guitars were on display, along with one drum set, and a piano with a sign on the top that read clearly 'FOR DISPLAY ONLY' he picked up a guitar, though, and strummed a few notes that he could remember. Alice came up behind him, holding what she had just purchased. "I didn't know you could play guitar." She said.
Jasper set the guitar back on the stand and nodded. "Sometimes I would play for the boys when I was human. It always kept our spirits up, even when we started losing the battles." Alice detected a bit of nostalgia behind his words, and placed a small hand on his arm. "So where are you going to play those anyway?" He asked, referring to the vinyl record she had gotten, while continuing to strum the guitar in his hands.
Alice smiled mischievously. "Clara doesn't know it yet, but she's going to decide to give us her record player, if we want it, for cheap. She doesn't use it."
Jasper chuckled. "You are something else, Miss Alice." He told her, accentuating the very slight southern twang he still had.
"But of course, my dear Jasper." Jasper chuckled and set the guitar down, motioning toward the door. Alice nodded and they left the store peacefully, fully intending on heading back to their new apartment.
"Aren't you excited, Jasper? We have are own place that we can call our own."
"I'm happy as long as your happy, Alice." He said seriously, feeling her emotions. Jasper could almost taste the happiness, because it came off of her so strongly. There was also love, but there was a hint at something deeper. Jasper almost had to dig to find this last emotion, and he had a feeling even Alice didn't realize she was even feeling a deep sadness.
They were in front of their door by then, and Alice gleefully pulled out her key. "Okay. So we're going to hang the curtains up, and then we'll go from there." Jasper nodded in agreement, and Alice opened the door and pulled him in. She quickly pulled the drapery out of the plastic and held it up, half of it gathered on the ground though, because she was so short.
"Jasper, could you hang these up for me?" Jasper nodded his head and picked up the curtain rod that they had bought the other day that had just been left leaning there against the wall. He slipped the drapes onto it after taking them out of Alice's hand before hanging it up in front of the window.
"There you go, love." Alice smiled brightly, and not just because of the curtains.
"You know, that could be considered cheating. you used vampire speed." She huffed jokingly.
"So now I have to follow a certain set of rules?" Jasper teased back.
"Silly Jasper, of course you do." With the speed and gracefulness only she possessed, Alice was suddenly on his back, her lips on his neck. "No using your speed unless I let you."
"Alright then Alice, may I please use my vamp speed?" He joked along. She nodded, and he grinned wickedly before he had her pinned on the ground, her arms above her head. "Do I get to make the rules now?" She laughed, it reminded Jasper of a bell, and he cherished it, forgetting for a moment what was going on.
"Nope." She declared. "It's all me still." They were silent, and a minute passed, before Alice leaned up all of the sudden, pressing her lips against Jasper, her eyes closed. And then he was kissing her back, they got caught up in the moment, but it never went past kissing and holding one another. A knock on the door reminded them that they were not, in fact, alone in the world.
"Hello? Is anybody there?"
"Quick, it's Clara!" Alice hissed. Jasper got off of her, and Alice attempted to brush down her hair, even though some stray pieces always stuck out at odd angles, and smoothed out the invisible wrinkles in her skirt. "Fix your hair!" She added before opening the door. "Hello Clara, how are you?" She said by way of greeting after opening the door.
"Hello Alice, I'm great, thank you for asking."
"So, what's up?"
"Well, I was wondering if you two would like to come over for dinner?" She smiled, and Alice tensed slightly.
"That sounds...nice," She forced out. "but unfortunately, we just ate. I'm sorry."
"Oh. Well, that's fine. You could come over and we could just chat. After all, if we're going to be neighbors, then we should get to know each other."
"Jasper?" Alice called to him, and he came up behind her.
"Yes, Alice?"
"Would you like to go over to Clara's for the afternoon?"
"Sure. So long as we're not doing anything."
"No." Alice told him, and he nodded.
"Great!" Clara smiled brightly again. "Why don't you both come over right now?"
Alice shrugged, and Jasper nodded. "Alright."
Alice laughed as Jasper struggled with all of the wires around the record player. Clara had offered it to them (as Alice knew she would) and now Jasper was trying to get it off the wall. "I think this goes to that...but what about this one..." He muttered to himself. Alice laughed again and helped him get the record player out. They had been spending the evening with Clara and Marilyn, but the little girl was currently falling asleep on the couch.
"Thank you again Clara." Alice said earnestly.
She waved the thanks away. "No problem, really. I hardly ever use it, it just takes up space, and this way I can make a little money off of it."
"It's a win-win situation."
"Definitely." Clara agreed.
"So do you listen to the radio shows?" Alice asked.
"Oh yes, all the time. Now my radio, that is something I use. I always catch Mrs. Dale's Diary."
"I love that one!" Alice cried.
"What did you think of Friday's episode?" Clara questioned.
"Let's just say I can't wait for tomorrow evening." Alice said mysteriously.
"You already know what's going to happen, don't you?" Jasper asked at vampire speed. Alice gave a quick nod, and their conversation went unnoticed by Clara, who was currently looking down at her sleeping daughter.
"I'd better go put her to bed."
"That's fine, we have to get going anyway. We'll see you later, okay?" Alice chirped. Clara nodded as she got up.
"That's fine. I'll walk you two to the door."
"No it's fine, don't worry, we'll talk to you tomorrow. Bye, Clara." Then she added in a whisper, "Bye Marilyn." She waved, and Jasper smiled before they headed out the front door. Clara sighed, but started for her daughter's bedroom tiredly.
Meanwhile, Alice and Jasper were back in their apartment, where Alice was already having Jasper set up the record player. She slipped her Al Jolson record on it and hummed along as the music played. "Do you have anything planned for tomorrow, Alice?" Jasper asked as she danced lightly through the living room.
"No, but I was thinking of going hunting tonight though."
"I'll go with you, so long as you don't mind."
Alice smiled and danced over to Jasper, staring up at him with so much love that Jasper didn't think it was even possible. "I'd never mind." She said softly, and he smiled too. They continued to stare into each other's faces silently, and time passed. It could have been simply moments, or decades that passed, but the pair didn't seem to notice anything besides their respective lover. Their soulmate.
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Who saw TWILIGHT?!?!?! The basic plot they followed well, but the smaller things weren't very accurate. I still thought it was awesome. My two favorite parts were...*SPOILER* 1) When Alice and Jasper were walking into the cafeteria, and he twirls her around. And 2) When Bella first goes to the house and Alice and Jasper come in through the window on a tree! *END SPOILER* So what were your guys' thoughts?
If you haven't seen it, here's what you have to keep in mind, It's not going to be the book. I think a lot of people were expecting something like, exactly like the book, and so they didn't like it, but I thought it was good.
It wasn't as long as I wanted it to be, but a respectable length, I guess. I always seem to end it around here. Sigh. So, I'm going to start to try to publish 1 chapter a week, let's hope I can do it!
Okay, so I have a vague idea of where I'm going from here, but if anybody has any suggestions, I'll gladly listen to them.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except for my three OCs, and the Plot. Twilight and all it's characters belong to Stephenie Meyer.
Thanks for reading! ~Tally ()